Chapter 281 The Sudden Active Card Banner

"What?" Yu Cang's eyes widened slightly, "Li Anjiu... was kidnapped?"

"Yeah." Ren Zheng rubbed the cigarette butt in his hand. "Just when you were holding the Jieying Summit, the security system of the Shajiang Reception Bureau suddenly went out of control, and the soul card space was invaded. The person who came was very skilled in card making, and he should be able to protect the country."

"How could it be that the Reception Bureau can't even do anything to a national guardian?" Yu Cang frowned.

"Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't happen." Ren Zheng shook his head. "But that day, An Zhenguo from the Shajiang Reception Bureau was distracted and came to the Jieying campus to attend the summit, so his main body was caught off guard. Although his deputies were also quite capable...but the other side had more than one Zhenguo.

"Someone created a man-made disturbance among wild beasts outside the Sand Territory. Because there were suspected signs of banned cards, some of the Soul Card Masters in the Reception Bureau were transferred away. And those national banned card masters immediately blocked the Soul Card space's self-destruction and sealing capabilities upon the invasion...

"At that time, only one Soul Card Master and several researchers remained in the Soul Card space. Although they fought hard, they were still defeated. By the time An Zhenguo realized something was wrong and returned, it was too late. The Soul Card space had been infested with banned cards. Even with all his might, he could only destroy most of the banned cards... If An Zhenguo hadn't been extremely capable of protecting himself, he might have died by now."

Yu Cang: "..."

He suddenly became silent.

He probably understood what Ren Zheng said.

His own Jieying Summit and the wild beast riot outside the border had basically transferred away the strong men in the reception bureau, leaving only one national-level soul card master.

As for the Soul Card Master... Judging from what Ren Zheng said, this Soul Card Master is obviously not the type who practices both civil and military arts. In other words, he is a full-time fighter.

It's okay for this kind of people outside, but the branches of the treatment bureau are usually built in the soul card space, which is the home ground of the card maker, and the soul card maker cannot exert his full strength.

At the Yujiang Reception Bureau, Yu Cang was deeply impressed by the Soul Card Space that seemed to be connected to countless spaces. However, it now seemed that the security of this Soul Card Space was not as high as he had imagined... No, it was still very high, but An Zhenguo came to attend the summit and did not react.

Yu Cang couldn't help but clench his teeth.

"It's because of me..."

"Hey, Xiao Cang, what are you talking about?" Ren Zheng interrupted Yu Cang directly, "Who could have guessed this kind of thing? No matter what, it's not your fault. The importance of the Jieying Summit is obvious to everyone. The necessity of this summit is beyond doubt. Don't think too much about it!"

“…”

"Besides, this isn't necessarily a bad thing." Ren Zheng narrowed his eyes. "At first, that Nation Soul Card Master thought that these Card Banners were attacking the reception center to steal the banned cards. So, when he realized something was amiss, he began to use destructive means to destroy those banned cards. But those Card Banners didn't seem to care. Instead, they concentrated all their efforts... on destroying Li Anjiu's reception facility."

"Li Anjiu?" Yu Cang frowned slightly.

He still remembered the name... It was the security guard who came to support him in the Fire Star Club.

Later, during the battle, a club security guard exploded before his death and turned into a complete wild man... Although from the performance point of view, he became weaker after turning into a complete wild man.

Well... apart from looking a little scary, its combat effectiveness is completely negative.

Li Anjiu subdued him easily.

However, after the security guard died, a transparent ball of light floated out of his body and entered Li Anjiu's body... Judging from all the manifestations, Li Anjiu might have been infected by "Huang".

Yu Cang originally wanted to meet Li Anjiu to see if he could extract any entries from him so as to try to treat him. However, to be on the safe side, the association decided to try all possible means first, and only let Yu Cang take action if all failed.

After all, there is always a risk of infection, and the association does not dare to let Yu Cang have close contact.

But I didn’t expect that it would drag on until now... Li Anjiu was directly kidnapped!

"Why did they kidnap Li Anjiu?" Yu Cang was puzzled.

As Ren Zheng said, this may not be a bad thing.

Yan Country has always had zero tolerance for card banners, not to mention that it has now discovered that behind the card banners, there is a "Desolate Sect" that has accomplished the feat of destroying a country.

Originally, the clues about the Fire Star and the Far Wilderness Club had been almost exhausted, and the various actions against the Desolate Sect had now reached a bottleneck. The only places where new clues might be found were the Netherworld Heaven and the Hunter Clan's Longevity Tent.

However, one of these two places has a complex environment, which makes people afraid to explore in depth; the other is located in another country, so it is not easy to interfere too much.

Therefore, progress came to a standstill for a time.

Now that these card banners have shown up, it means that new clues have been delivered to their faces.

Such a complicated scheme of luring the tiger away from the mountain must involve many people, and we can always find the clues leading to the mastermind behind the scenes.

And it is precisely because of this that it seems strange - the Desolate Sect has basically dealt with the exposed tentacles, so why would they expose so many things just for Li Anjiu?

Is Li Anjiu, or the shadow that entered Li Anjiu's body, really that important?

"That's still unconfirmed." Ren Zheng shook his head. "The Shajiang Reception Bureau has been examining Li Anjiu for some time. To be honest, the results are very limited, mostly superficial. But one thing is certain: Li Anjiu has indeed been infected by Huang."

As he spoke, Ren Zheng handed over an inspection report.

Yu Cang took it and looked at it, and his brows never relaxed.

Ren Zheng continued, "During this period, blood scabs of unknown origin often appeared on Li Anjiu's body surface, and occasionally his personality would change drastically. He suddenly became quiet, greedy, and showed aggressive desires towards the staff. All of this indicates that Li Anjiu has definitely been successfully infected by Huang!

"Even in the Inpatient Department, this is the first time we've seen a human infected by Huang. So, we've been researching how to counter it and whether there's a cure. But we didn't expect that this time, someone would snatch it away."

Yu Cang: "...Could it be that the Cult of Desolation has now figured out how to infect humans with Desolation?"

"It's hard to say. At least for now, there hasn't been any evidence of large-scale human infection."

Yu Cang put down the information in his hand and rubbed his face with his hands.

He thought of Madam Yu again...his forbidden card, "deceased husband".

That terrifying look of being completely infected by Huang... He is still deeply impressed by it.

And... chess.

Qi'er is a hybrid of human and Huang, and this has been verified during the Bloodline Empire.

How could Huang, who was almost the opposite of wisdom, be mixed with humans... Her existence undoubtedly meant that Madam Yu's research on Huang's infection of humans had been exaggerated to an outrageous degree.

With Madam Yu around, does the Desolate Sect really need to kidnap Li Anjiu?

……wrong.

Yu Cang thought of something.

I still remember that the association had speculated that there must be some kind of conflict between Madam Yu and the Desolate Sect, so so many clues were revealed on the Fire Star.

If this speculation is correct... could it be that the one who truly controls the ability to infect humans with desolate things is not the Desolate Sect, but Madam Yu?

Madam Yu did not report her results, so the Desolate Sect couldn't wait to kidnap Li Anjiu in order to decipher the results?

It becomes reasonable!

Yu Cang suddenly raised his head and looked at Ren Zheng.

"Old man..."

…

Imperial capital.

A warehouse.

Blood dripped onto the floor. Madam Yu stood in front of a huge wild crystal, one arm across her chest, her eyes full of admiration.

"How beautiful..." Mrs. Yu stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch something through the air.

The wild crystal in front of her was really as huge as a hill.

In terms of size, it is already larger than the wild crystal that Yu Cang saw in the space fragment around Wuling Village.

This warehouse was obviously specially built, with the ceiling being dozens of meters above the ground, so that this wild crystal could be completely accommodated.

A wild crystal of this size can already be called a work of art.

In fact, there are not many wild crystals of this size in the entire Blue Star, and most of them are collected.

No one knows what kind of wild beast this wild crystal is extracted from, and what kind of powerful existence can kill this wild beast.

In short, it is beautiful and magnificent, and that is enough.

Now, the warehouse where Madam Yu is located is the Duan family’s warehouse... This huge wild crystal is naturally also collected by the Duan family.

Some time ago, the country forcibly bought up all the wild crystals, especially this kind of super giant wild crystals, which were within the scope of what had to be bought.

It's just that the Duan family's wild crystal happened to "disappear", so they escaped the disaster... Since the Duan family's wild crystal disappeared before the major military reform, the country did not suspect anything, but simply increased the intensity of the investigation.

Now it seems that this wild crystal was just hidden by the Duan family.

At this moment, in front of Mrs. Yu, a little boy about ten years old, wearing a hospital gown, without hair, with a dull and silly expression, like a big baby, was sitting on the ground, stretching out his hand, constantly grabbing something in the void.

As he moved, countless iron chains stretched out from the void and tightly bound the huge wild crystal.

The light and shadow in the desolate crystal changed, as if trying to form some image, but... in the end, nothing happened.

Mrs. Yu nodded with satisfaction.

The child in front of him, who was about ten years old, was naturally Mrs. Yu’s second son, Chang’an.

Those iron chains can forcibly increase the target's mental pressure. At this moment... they can naturally also increase Huang Jing's mental pressure.

"Thank you for your hard work, my child... Come back." Mrs. Yu stretched out her hand and took out a blood-red soul card.

Suddenly, the open space under the feet of the second son and Huang Jing turned blood red, as if a swamp suddenly spread there, and the huge Huang Jing sank into it along with the second son.

The light gradually faded, and Madam Yu put away the soul card. At this moment, the pattern on the soul card had changed.

The second son lay on the ground, with countless chains extending from his body, tightly binding the huge wild crystal behind him.

Her eyes changed quietly, and Mrs. Yu said nothing, but put the soul card into her card box.

She was also a member of the Desolate Sect, so she naturally knew.

All the wild crystals on the blue planet may become stepping stones for the arrival of "that adult".

But it’s still too early for it to actually come.

Now, that adult is unable to come. At most, he can only extend a hand from the desolate crystal, just like the time Yu Cang encountered him in the space fragments.

However, Yu Cang's guess was not wrong. There was also mental pressure inside the Huangjing. As long as this mental pressure was increased to the limit, it would be possible to prevent that adult from controlling the Huangjing.

Madam Yu had studied this kind of thing for a long time, and was now very familiar with the operation. Before the adult could react, she had already completed the collection of the wild crystal.

He couldn't maintain the existence of his second son for a long time, so he could only temporarily seal this wild crystal in his second son's soul card. In this way, although this soul card could not be used temporarily, the seal could definitely be considered solid.

At this moment, a strange noise came from behind.

A figure walked out slowly, it was Wen Yang.

At this moment, his face was very pale, his lips were pale, his breathing was rapid, and his chest twitched occasionally. It looked like... he had just vomited.

"Teacher...I'm fine now."

"Oh?" Madam Yu turned around with a smile, "How does blood taste?"

Wen Yang's face wrinkled. "It's so painful... The obstacles in my heart are greater than I thought."

"You'll get used to it." Madam Yu walked up to Wen Yang, stretched out her slender fingers, and gently lifted Wen Yang's chin. "My dear... to protect your pitiful self-esteem, the people I asked you to kill are all from the Duan family. They have committed so many evil deeds that they deserve no pity."

Wen Yang's expression became a little better: "Thank you, teacher."

"Okay, just this once. If you vomit again next time, you'll be my child..."

Wen Yang's breathing stagnated, and he opened his mouth, but in the end, no words came out.

Mrs. Yu’s children…seem to have all been printed on cards…

…

"Useless!" Duan Zhang slammed his fist down on the table, instantly making a large hole in it. "Duan Zai, I need an explanation!"

"Brother, brother..." Duan Zai lowered his head, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"I want to know why my warehouse was visited by a group of thieves, and until now, the information of these thieves has not been placed on my desk?" Duan Zhang's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip out.

“The main thing is…” Duan Zai clenched his fists.

Looking at his performance, Duan Zhang took a deep breath, and deep disappointment appeared in his eyes.

My third brother has been disappointing me more and more recently.

In the past, he could complete the tasks he was asked to do fairly well, but now...

Seeing him hesitating and unable to explain himself, Duan Zhang closed his eyes and only after a long time did he manage to calm down.

Forget it, he is my third brother after all.

"...Alright." Duan Zhang opened his eyes. "Duan Zai, the warehouse that had this accident is no small matter. It's storing all sorts of wild crystals that were concealed a while ago. I'm sure the association has noticed us because of this incident... Do you know how many plans I have on hand will be directly ruined because of this accident?"

“…Brother, I’m sorry.”

"There's no point in saying this!" Duan Zhang waved his hand. "Hurry up and organize all the information for me, and then give it to Duan Ao. He knows what to do."

"Yes, big brother." Duan Zai raised his head and looked at Duan Zhang with a hesitant expression. His mouth opened and closed for a long time, as if he was hesitating to say something.

"What else?"

"...Brother, I'm sorry." Duan Zai's tone seemed heavier than before.

"Then hurry up and do your work."

"……yes."

Watching Duan Zai walk out, Duan Zhang sat back in his chair, was silent for a moment, and began to adjust his cuffs.

This time... the Duan family might be seriously damaged.

If it hadn't been doing well in recent years, this one incident would have been enough to ruin the business.

After all, the association had just decided to purchase all the wild crystals and not allow them to circulate on the market, and then he was discovered for concealing the information... Tsk.

Duan Zhang closed his eyes with a headache.

Over the years, Feng'er's non-cooperation has made the other three families somewhat dissatisfied. If it weren't for some means, these four major families would probably have been disbanded by now.

Now this has happened... it's troublesome.

Duan Zhang took a breath, picked up the documents again and started working.

…

ancient capital

A few days later

The second wave of insect identification was successfully attracted.

This time, the number was obviously not as large as the first time. After counting, there were only about 800 of them.

In response, Ms. Wang said it was normal.

It hasn't been long since the last insect identification and attraction band was released. If we release it for the second time now, there will definitely be fewer insect identifications that will be fooled.

Insect identification is easily dominated by instinct and desire, but those with wisdom are still very capable of seeking benefits and avoiding harm. Using the insect identification attraction band once is fine, but the second time will definitely cause alarm.

Not to mention, within the Starry Sky Vision, no matter what you do, it is impossible to leave no trace. Some insect senses with sharp perception can detect a place like Ice City filled with the scent of similar debris from one or two worlds away. Naturally, not many insect senses will come here.

Even if this frequency band is released for the third time, it may not attract any insects at all.

These little guys are sometimes smarter than you think.

However, these insects are used for breeding purposes. As long as they are managed properly, there will never be a shortage of insects in the future.

The princess is an expert on this, so just leave it to her.

In the past few days, Yu Cang has also tried to use the method he used to create the consciousness-eating insects to give birth to these consciousness insects.

But the results were minimal. The insect identification ability he gained was nothing special, and the void attribute was rare.

If it weren't for the void attribute consciousness-devouring insect, then these soul cards with only 1 anchor point actually didn't have very high combat power, and it wasn't worth it for Yu Cang to use any of his soul cards as the anchor point to summon it.

During this period, Yu Cang also tried to inject terms such as [Thought], [Emotion], and [Loyalty] into these insects... but none of them succeeded.

The success rate of implanting these entries is extremely low, ridiculously low.

As the number of implantations increased, he discovered that his guess was indeed correct.

The success rate of word implantation is the highest for newly born insect-recognizing babies who have not consumed any rhythm.

From then on, even if only a little bit of the industrial spirit particle feed specially prepared by the princess was lost, the success rate would drop drastically.

"Not bad." Yu Cang looked at the ice city in front of him, which was once again filled with insect knowledge, and nodded with satisfaction.

"The reproduction rate of the gnats is very fast. This time, the demand for spirit particles is not so great, so we can develop slowly." The princess' spirit particle body stood aside. "However... Ice City is still too small, so the scale of breeding is not very large."

"...There's nothing we can do about it." Yu Cang also looked helpless.

He got the Ice City by freezing a bubble world. In this process, there must be a bubble world before he can freeze it.

Jieying still has many orders from the bubble world to fulfill, and it really does not have more energy to build new farms.

"I know." The princess nodded gently. "So... work hard at cultivating the Spirit Flow. It just so happens that we now have a stable source of Spirit Flow, so the little Spirit Flow you use for cultivation should be readily available... Once you reach a certain level of cultivation and open the Star Armory, you won't have to worry about this anymore."

Yu Cang cast a glance at him: "You mean, there is an insect breeding farm in the Star Armory?"

"Of course, and it's fully automated," the princess said. "A war celestial body of that scale will incur significant wear and tear with every movement. Naturally, a supporting insecticide breeding farm is needed to ensure sufficient spiritual particles for maintenance."

“…I’ll try my best.”

"Really?" The princess looked suspicious. "You haven't practiced spiritual energy at all these days, have you?"

"Ahaha... aren't you busy..." Yu Cang looked away with a guilty conscience, "Besides, weren't you short of spiritual children at that time..."

He originally only had a hundred spirit particles, and he had used them all up a few days ago to make the connecting soul card.

"I don't need it now." The princess said, "By the way, when you have time, please help me send some spirit particles to Zhong Qi in the Divine Capital. That child has great talent, and we can't waste his time."

"I know, I will." At this point, Yu Cang suddenly became curious, "By the way, to what level do I need to cultivate my spirit particles before I can open the Star Armory?"

"Don't worry about this, I know what's going on."

"Then I'll be leaving first."

"good."

…

Back in the laboratory, Yu Cang sat on the chair and stretched.

Well... not bad. I haven't been very busy these past few days. Those guardians of the country have left one after another, so I have a rare moment of leisure.

So what's next...

Yu Cang took out his personal terminal and looked at the date.

Tomorrow is the internal competition of the Combat Club.

I heard that this time, several other members...all broke through to level five...and even their decks were upgraded significantly.

I'm really looking forward to it.

After all, this is the first serious battle after upgrading his deck.

Thanks to Weihuohu nv for the reward!

(End of this chapter)